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ADB aid for Assam
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide, in first tranche, a sum of $60.3 million to the Union Government for funding Assam Power Sector Enhancement Programme, according to a release issued by Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB).
- Date:
- 24/02/2010
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- Business Line (New Delhi)
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WB aid for environment growth
Shimla: The World Bank (WB) has in-principle agreed to sanction Himachal Pradesh a Development Policy Loan (DPL) of $450 million for sustainable environmental growth, keeping in view the record of the state on the environmental front.
This was revealed by Chief Minister PK Dhumal after a meeting with the World Bank authorities and environmental experts in Washington yesterday.
- Date:
- 19/02/2010
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Wait for cheap medical aid gets longer for urban poor
New Delhi: India’s ambitious national programme to provide quality healthcare to the country’s urban poor — the National Urban Health Mission — has been shelved for the time being and will not be launched during the present 11th five-year plan.
- Date:
- 12/02/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Govt moots Rs1,000 crore fund to aid FCIL
The government is planning to set up a Rs 1,000-crore Fertiliser Development Fund to provide loss making Fertiliser Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) a new lease of life. The fund will facilitate infusion of resources into FCIL’s two units at Talcher and Sindri.
- Date:
- 10/02/2010
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- Indian Express (New Delhi)
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BHEL donates for AP flood aid
Public sector major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has donated Rs 2.5 crore for the relief of flood victims in Andhra Pradesh.
Accompanied by the BHEL chairman, Mr B.P.
- Date:
- 03/02/2010
- Source:
- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Aila grant for Bengal
The Centre has promised Rs 5,032 crore to repair Aila-damaged embankments and Rs 530 crore for flood control in East and West Midnapore, a team of Bengal MLAs said after meetings here today.
- Date:
- 30/01/2010
- Source:
- Telegraph (Kolkata)
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BASIC idea: Collectively provide financial aid to vulnerable nations
IN AN effort to reposition themselves as the leader of the developing world, the BASIC countries sought to build up pressure on the rich countries to deliver on their promise of funds.
- Date:
- 27/01/2010
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- Economic Times (New Delhi)
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WB to sanction Rs 6,000cr for flood-hit
Jan. 21: Responding to the havoc caused by floods in five districts of the state during October last year, the World Bank has agreed to sanction Rs 6,000 crores as aid through external funding agency, and sought proposals from the state government.
- Date:
- 22/01/2010
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- Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
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Haiti aid delivery picks up
ANDREW CAWTHORNE and CATHERINE BREMER
PORT-AU-PRINCE
The pace of food and medical aid deliveries picked up in earthquake shattered Haiti, providing some hope to desperate survivors, but doctors worried disease would be the next big challenge for the tens of thousands left injured and homeless a week ago.
- Date:
- 20/01/2010
- Source:
- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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World pledges aid as Haitians struggle
ANDREW CAWTHORNE and CATHERINE BREMER
PORT-AU-PRINCE
World leaders pledged aid to rebuild a devastated Haiti, but on the streets of its wrecked capital earthquake survivors were still waiting on Sunday for the basics: food, water and medicine.
- Date:
- 18/01/2010
- Source:
- Asian Age (New Delhi)
